{"id":272,"date":"2026-09-05T09:17:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T16:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/?p=272"},"modified":"2026-10-20T09:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T16:33:38","slug":"october-drinks-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/2026\/09\/05\/october-drinks-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Tastes of Terror &#8211; October  6"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">October 6: Devil&#8217;s Blood<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This drink is a bit complicated in construction but well worth it for the presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Taste profile<\/strong>: primarily sour and astringent with a touch of sweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ingredients:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Sugared rim with black or red sugar.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2 parts vodka with 1 or 2 drops of black food coloring to make it black \u2013 or simply purchase one of the many fine black vodkas on the market.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>3 parts Chilled cranberry syrup.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Making the Cranberry syrup:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00bd cup sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>1\/3 cup water<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u00bd cup cranberry juice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Combine the sugar and water. Heat on medium until the sugar is dissolved and then lower the heat and cook until the mixture starts to thicken. Cool to room temperature and Mix in the cranberry juice. Chill until it\u2019s as thick as a corpse&#8217;s blood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Making the black or red sugar:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u00bd cup sugar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Black or red food coloring<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Add several drops and mix the color into the sugar and mix with a silicone spatula. Continue adding several drops at a time until you achieve a smooth color.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Assemble:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Moisten the rim of the glass and dip it in the bowl with sugar to coat the rim. Fill with ice, add the cranberry syrup and allow it to settle for a moment. Then gently layer the vodka by pouring it slowly into the glass over the back of a spoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you would like to buy the book with all these recipes AND a horror story to go with each, you can get it from <a href=\"http:\/\/edmunddewight.com\/1dollar.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE in ebook form for only $1.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>October 6: Devil&#8217;s Blood This drink is a bit complicated in construction but well worth it for the presentation. Taste profile: primarily sour and astringent with a touch of sweet. Ingredients: Making the Cranberry syrup: Combine the sugar and water. Heat on medium until the sugar is dissolved and then lower the heat and cook &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/2026\/09\/05\/october-drinks-6\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Tastes of Terror &#8211; October  6<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[36,42,49,17,43],"class_list":["post-272","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drinks","tag-cranberry-juice","tag-food-coloring","tag-halloween","tag-sugar","tag-vodka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":352,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272\/revisions\/352"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/280"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/atastefordrink.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}